Year 4

We hope you all have a wonderful summer - remember to read everyday, send us a postcard if you go away and have a fun filled break!

Love from all the adults at school x

4AA

4RS

4KC

4JS

Jonah

Dayo

Zainab

Nathan

Isaac H

Hassan

Bethany

Demi

Aaron

Caitlin

Leon

Week beginning 10.07.17

Reading- We will continue to read 'The Thieves of Ostia' with main focus on author's choice of language and its impact on the reader.

Writing- This week in writing children will use the structural and the language features of the genre learnt over the past two weeks to write their own diary entry as one of the citizens of Pompeii who witnessed the volcanic eruption of the Mount Vesuvius.

Maths- The main focus in Maths will be on using the four operations to work out the cost price and the selling price of the products that Year 4 will be making for the enterprise week.

Project- We will continue to learn more about our new topic 'I am Warrior'. We will be looking at the life of a gladiator in Roman times.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground

Week beginning 03.07.17

Reading- We will continue to read our book 'The thieves of Ostia'. Children will take turns to read the story aloud. Apart from reading for pleasure children will also deepen their understanding of the text by answering comprehension questions.

Writing- At the beginning of the week we will look at the effect of using emotive language in a diary entry followed by improving a diary entry by including the features learnt.

Maths- Children will continue to learn more about statistics. They will be using Venn and Carol diagram to sort the information collected/given.

Project- We will continue to learn more about our new topic 'I am Warrior'. We will be looking at the life of a Roman soldier and the tactics used by the Roman army that led to their victory in the wars.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

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Week beginning 26.06.17

The Year 4 team would like to thank all the children who attended our residential trip to Ufton Court for being the true ambassadors of Earlswood Juniors and making us all proud.

Writing- In writing this week we will be looking at the diary entries. Children will have the opportunity to read a range of diary entries to help them unpick the features of the genre.

Maths- This week we will continue to learn more about Statistics. Children will be comparing and drawing line graphs. The main focus will be on applying the skills learnt to reasoning and problem solving.

Project- We will continue to learn more about our new topic 'I am Warrior'. We will be looking at the Roman timeline and the reasons for the expansion of the Roman Empire, with the main focus on the structure and organisation of army.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground

The children have arrived at Ufton Court, have unpacked and are now getting stuck into their first activity.

After a good night's sleep, we are all up nice and early! Today we are doing archery and an archaeological dig before our banquet this evening.

Week beginning 19.06.17

Trip: On Monday (19th June) 4RS and 4AA will be off to Ufton Court for our exciting residential trip. Please continue to prepare the children by giving them opportunities to make their own beds, tidy up after breakfast/dinner, and ensure that everything on the kit list has been organised. If you have any questions, please ask your child's class teacher or the office staff.

4JS and 4AA

Writing- This week in writing, children will be planning and writing their own story for the termly assessment.

Maths- Children will continue to learn more about collecting and representing data using tally chart, frequency table and bar graph.

Project- We will continue to learn more about our new topic 'I am Warrior'. We will be looking at the Roman timeline and the reasons for the expansion of the Roman empire.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

The children have arrived at Ufton Court, have unpacked and are now getting stuck into their first activity.

Week beginning 12.06.17

Assessment Week

This week children will be doing assessments in the morning and in the afternoon we will continue to learn more about our new topic 'I am Warrior'.

Trip: On Wednesday (14th June) 4JS and 4KC will be off to Ufton Court for our exciting residential trip. Please continue to prepare the children by giving them opportunities to make their own beds, tidy up after breakfast/dinner, and ensure that everything on the kit list has been organised. If you have any questions, please ask your child's class teacher or the office staff.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 05.06.17

Welcome back after our lovely half term break! The children (and teachers) will be very excited for the final six weeks of this school year.

Reading: We will be starting a new book this half term, linked with our 'I am Warrior' topic all about the Romans. Our book is called 'The Thieves of Ostia' and is an exciting Roman mystery story. This week, we will be looking at the front cover and the blurb and will predict what the story will be about based on the information we have read.

Literacy: For this week, we are learning about the structure of play scripts. At the beginning of the week, we will focus on learning the Romulus and Remus play script (the story of how Rome began). We will then adapt this story and will write our own versions by the end of the week.Maths: We will be recapping a variety of different topics from the last half term. Some of the skills we will revise will be; converting between units of measurement, rounding, factors, finding fractions of amounts and roman numerals. All of these skills will be developed through word problems.

PBL: To begin our 'I am Warrior' topic, we will start by investigating the Roman timeline and will discuss significant dates that have had an impact of British life. We will then move on to researching how Rome was founded, linking with the Romulus and Remus story, and will talk about the different emperors and their impact on Rome.

Trip: Next Wednesday (14th June) 4JS and 4KC will be off to Ufton Court for our exciting residential trip. Please prepare the children this week by giving them opportunities to make their own beds, tidy up after breakfast/dinner, and ensure that everything on the kit list has been organised. If you have any questions, please ask your child's class teacher or the office staff.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 22.05.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We have been enjoying reading 'George's Marvellous Medicine' and have now finished the book. This week we will be summarising the main points in the story and comparing it with other stories written by Roald Dahl. We will then write a book review, discussing what we have liked/disliked about the story.

Literacy: We are going to be learning more about spelling, punctuation and grammar this week. The things we will focus on will be speech, apostrophes and expanded noun phrases. With everything we have learnt, we will independently write a short story that will include all of these SPaG focuses.Maths: Our new topic is position and direction. We will start the week by learning about coordinates and how to read/write them. We will even plot our own. Then, we will move on to translating points on a 2D grid and will use terms such as north, south, east and west to direct each other towards different coordinates.

PBL: We have learnt so much about solids, liquids and gases this half term. Our science workshop on Thursday was wonderful and we investigated so many chemical reactions and learnt about why materials change. We are now going to present all of the information we have learnt on a poster to showcase our new understanding.

Sports Day Tuesday 26th May 2017

All parents and carers please join us for a fun filled sports day!

Location: Earlswood Junior School-field

Time: 9:30-11:30am followed by a picnic on the field which will end at 12:15pm

The entrance for parents and carers will be via the top main entrance for the junior site. You will be asked to sign in when you arrive at the gate and if you are unsure, there will be members of staff to help direct you to the activity your child will be starting on first. Please be patient, we will aim to sign you in as quickly as possible.

As much enthusiasm and encouragement not only for your child but the whole colour team would be fantastic!

See you there on what will hopefully be a bright and sunny day!

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 15.05.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We have been enjoying reading 'George's Marvellous Medicine'. We will continue with this story at the beginning of the week; answering inference questions to help us understand the text in greater depth. At the end of the week we will begin to think about how the story will end and will use our prediction skills to come up with an appropriate ending based on what we have read so far in the story.

Literacy: We are going to be learning more about spelling, punctuation and grammar this week. The things we will focus on will be speech, apostrophes and clauses. At the end of the week, the children will be given a visual prompt that they will write about using all of the skills taught throughout the week.

Maths: In maths, we have been learning about the properties of different shapes. We will continue with 2D shapes this week but will move onto investigating how many lines of symmetry these shapes have. We will then learn how to draw our own symmetrical figures and will also look at reflections in a mirror line.

Science Workshop: On Thursday we have our amazing science workshop where the children will be getting a hands-on experience of using different materials and will be creating their own reactions. They will be learning lots about the three states of matter and will investigate how materials change.

Please can the office have any outstanding payments or slips in at the beginning of next week at the latest.

Walk for Wildlife: This sponsored walk event takes place on Friday 19th May at 2.00pm, to raise money for animal charities both in the UK and around the world. We are also hoping to set a new Guinness World Record for the most people walking at the same time in an organised event. We have suggested a donation of £1.00 per child to be brought in on the day, but any contribution will be greatly appreciated. The animal charity our money will go to is the British Wildlife Centre.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 08.05.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We have been enjoying reading 'George's Marvellous Medicine'. We will continue with this story at the beginning of the week; answering inference questions to help us understand the text in greater depth. On Thursday and Friday, we are going to be reading non-fiction texts and discussing sentences that are facts and those that are opinions. We will be identifying the language used in both of these types of sentences.

Literacy: We have now planned our own stories based on the example we have been learning for the last two weeks. We are now going to move on to writing our stories; using our plans to support the structuring of our ideas. Towards the end of the week, we will edit and improve our stories and will create a finished piece of writing.

Maths: In maths, we are going to focus on comparing and classifying geometric shapes. We will look at different triangles and quadrilaterals and will investigate their properties. As we become more confident, we will apply what we have learnt to solving problems.

Project: Our main focus for next week will be on art. We are going to be sketching a variety of objects using a range of materials. Some of these activities will take place outside so that we can investigate the finer details within our own environment.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day, that is labelled with their name and class.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's (this includes their P.E kit). If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 24.04.17

Welcome to Year 4!

We hope everyone enjoyed their Easter holidays and made the most of the lovely weather!

Reading: We have started a new book called 'George's Marvellous Medicine' that is linked with our 'Potions' topic. We have already predicted what we think will happen in the text using the front cover and blurb as starting points. Next week, we will be moving on to reading the beginning of the story and will be discussing how the language that has been used helps us understand the meaning of the text.

Literacy: Our first piece of writing will be a story based on a character who makes some medicine. So far we have described how the characters could be feeling at different points in the story. We will now move on to using role play and story maps to help us plan our own stories.

Maths: In maths, we will be learning how to measure and calculate the perimeter of a variety of shapes. We will start with squares and rectangles at the beginning of the week but will then look at rectilinear shapes. At the end of the week, we will use our reasoning and problem solving skills to answer questions within real-life contexts.

Project: So far we have investigated the properties of solids, liquids and gases and have planned and carried out an investigation to find out which liquids flow quicker than others. Next, we plan on discussing how some materials can change state when reversible and irreversible changes take place.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's. If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 24.3.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: As of last week, we have finished our class book, James and the Giant Peach. We will be looking into discussing the ending of the story and sharing our thoughts on this. We will also be continuing to do RIC starters and some comprehension work.

Literacy: In Literacy, we will be continuing to write our continuation story of James and the Giant Peach as well as editing this in class, improving them, and peer-assessing each others work. For the latter half of the week we will be looking to get these written up in neat and carrying out some SPaG practise.

Maths: In maths, we will be practising our mental arithmetic with the four operations - in particular, division, to assist us in the development of our other maths skills we will be learning throughout the rest of the year.

Project: This week in project-based learning we will be finishing off our information booklets on the Iroquois tribe as well as creating our own dream catchers to present in assembly.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's Belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's. If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

4AA

4RS

4KC

4JS

Zainab

Oscar

Leon

Isaac

Ishaan

Zoe G

Ishaan

Kamil

Charlie H

Charlie M

Daniel

Gemma

Saniya

Big Pedal 20th-31st March 2017

Come and take part in the Big Pedal, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting challenge that inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels for their journey to school. During the next two weeks we would like to encourage children, parents and staff to cycle or scoot to school. When you have pedalled or scooted to school simple record your journey and class on the clipboard in the bike shelters at the Infant and Junior schools. Which class will be the winner? Happy cycling and scooting!

Week beginning 20.3.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be continuing to read our class book, 'James and the Giant Peach' and the children will be undertaking some reading assessment tests to demonstrate their retrieval, interpret and comprehension skills.

Literacy: In Literacy, we will be looking at planning and producing an original piece of writing where we make predictions and create our own 'shocks' based on the James and the Giant Peach book.

Maths: In light of our recent assessments in maths, this week we will be looking at addressing common misconceptions that arose based on the results. We will be looking into further detail for topics such as balance questions, money and time.

Project: This week in project-based learning we will be attempting to create our dream-catchers as well as looking into the history of the Iroquois tribes.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's Belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's. If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

4AA

4RS

4KC

4JS

Holly

Zoe

Charlie

Rhyley

Anna

Aidan

Ezaiah

Ivan

Taya

Jessica

Ellie

Lucy

Aaron

Book Fair

‘Travelling Books’ are returning to the Infant and Junior School on Wednesday 15th March. The Book Fair was a huge success in October and we raised over £300 worth of book vouchers for the school.

There will be a large selection of books suitable for children aged 4-11 years old, at great prices, so please come and have a look on 15th,16th, 17th and 20th March, before and after school.

If you will not be able to make the book fair, you can still support us by buying a book online. Just go to the online shop at: https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/free-books and start shopping! If you enter your school postcode RH1 6DZ (Infants) or RH1 6JX (Juniors), you can have the books delivered to school. This is also a great option if you would like to pay by card, as we can only take cash payments at school.

Please remember, you can use your World Book Day token at the Infant or Junior School book fair to get £1 off any full price book, as long as it costs £2.99 or more.

We hope to see you at the book fair next week!

The Literacy Team

Week beginning 13.3.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be continuing to read our class book, 'James and the Giant Peach' and the children will be undertaking some reading assessment tests to demonstrate their retrieval, interpret and comprehension skills.

Literacy: In Literacy, as it is assessment week, the children will be producing an original piece of writing to show what we learnt last week - such as inverted commas, fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses.

Maths: This week we will be testing the children on what we have been learning in maths for the past term - such as time, fractions and decimals.

Project: We will be continuing to look at different physical features of the USA, writing post-cards and designing dream-catchers!

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's Belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's. If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 6.3.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be continuing to read our class book, 'James and the Giant Peach'. Throughout the week the children will be looking at character's feelings and actions.

Literacy: This week in Literacy we will be begin to finish writing our newspaper articles on the Hudson river plane crash, editing them and revising some spelling and grammar in anticipation for assessment week.

Maths: This week we will be revising the topics we have already covered this year such as perimeter, fractions, time, fractions and the four operations.

Project: This week we will be continuing to look at the different states in the USA, their physical features and researching information about these.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's Belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's. If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 27.02.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be continuing to read our class book, 'James and the Giant Peach'. Throughout the week the children will be looking at interesting words and phrases that capture their attention.

Literacy: This week in Literacy we will be continuing to write the next few sections for our newspaper articles on the Hudson River plane crash. Last week, we wrote our introductions using the 5 W's and a story map.

Maths: This week we will be continuing to look at ordering and rounding decimals to the 1 and 2 decimal places.

Project: This week we will be continuing to look at the different states in the USA and their famous landmarks such as the Grand Canyon

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's Belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's. If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 20.02.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: In reading, we will be starting our new book, 'James and the Giant Peach' to fit in with our new topic, Road Trip USA. This week the children will be making predictions based on reading the blurb and read the first few chapters.

Literacy: This week in Literacy we will be looking at newspaper articles and their key features. We will begin to look at a variety of different articles and start planning our own using a story map.

Maths: This week we will be continuing to do focus on decimals. We will be finding out how to order decimals to a variety of decimal places in both ascending and descending order.

Project: This week the children will be starting a new topic which is Road Trip USA. We will be looking at where the USA is placed in relation to the rest of the world. We will also be looking at the different patterns of weather for different states and create a graph based on the weather and rainfall for each one.

Reminders:

PE Days - Our PE days are Monday and Thursday,however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field and into the woodlands.

Water Bottles - Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Snack at Break Times - Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Children's Belongings - Can clothes and belongings also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's. If your child has misplaced any of their belongings, they must have found their way into the lost property box on the left-hand side of the playground.

Week beginning 06.02.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be continuing to read our class book, 'Why the Whales Came'. Throughout the week the children will be answering questions which will require them using their inference and deduction skills.

Literacy: This week in Literacy we will be writing a recount on our recent school trip to the Sea Life Centre. Children will be looking at the features of a recount at the beginning of the week and towards the end of the week they will be writing their recount.

Maths: This week will be learning about decimals. Throughout the week we will be recognising and writing decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths. Later on in the week we will be applying these skills to word problems and investigations to develop our reasoning skills.

Project: This week we will be learning all about the water cycle and creating our own display to represent this.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit. Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.As it's getting colder, please make sure your child has an appropriate winter clothing.Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Week beginning 30.01.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be reading a variety of non-fiction texts about sea creatures with the children. Throughout the week we will be using our retrieval skills to answer questions about the text.

Literacy: Our focus will be on poetry. We will be looking at a range of poems and their structures, as well as their special features. Throughout the week we will be having a go at writing our own poems using the features that we have discussed.

Maths: This week will be learning about analogue time. Throughout the week we will be converting from analogue time to digital and later on in the week, we will be applying these skills to word problems and investigations to develop our reasoning skills.

Project: This week we will be creating art in the style of J Vincent Scarpace using paint. Towards the end of the week we will be creating an under the sea background for our stop screen animations.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit. Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.As it's getting colder, please make sure your child has an appropriate winter clothing.Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Week beginning 23.01.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be continuing to read our text with the children, which will be 'Why the whales came!' We will start the week by discussing how the opinions of the character are changing throughout the story.

Literacy: Our focus will be on poetry. We will be looking at a range of poems and their structures, as well as their special features. Throughout the week we will be having a go at writing our own poems using the features that we have discussed.

Maths: This week will be learning how to convert various forms of time. Throughout the week, we will be applying these skills to word problems and investigations to develop our reasoning skills.

Project: This week we will be researching art from J Vincent Scarpace and creating our own sea creatures in this style. In order to do this, we will be exploring different types of patterns and including this within our final design.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit. Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.As it's getting colder, please make sure your child has an appropriate winter clothing.Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Week beginning 16.01.17

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will be continuing to read our new text to the children, which will be 'Why the whales came!' We will start the week by answering questions which will require our inference and deduction skills then towards the end of the week, our focus will be on prediction.

Literacy: Our focus will be on persuasive writing. We will be using the features which we have discussed to write our own persuasive letters to convince the government to donate money to WaterAid.

Maths: As part of our fractions topic, we will now move on to adding and subtracting fractions where the numerators and denominators will vary. Throughout the week, we will be applying these skills to word problems and investigations to develop our reasoning skills.

Project: To support our writing focus, we will be creating and performing adverts on what WaterAid does to support families in underdeveloped countries and how the money donated helps fund projects that provide clean water. Towards the end of the week we will be researching art from J Vincent Scarpace and creating our own sea creatures in this style.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit. Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the field.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.As it's getting colder, please make sure your child has an appropriate winter clothing.Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

4AA

4RS

4KC

4JS

Ruby

Nabin

Sylvie

Katie

Oscar

Gabriella

Ollie

Angela

James

Eva

Week beginning 19.12.16Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: Main focus in reading this week will be on prediction and comprehension based on the text 'HEIDI'.

Literacy: This week children will put together their ideas developed so far to write their adventure story.

Maths: Focus for Maths this week will be Problem solving using written methods of addition and subtraction.

Project: In project we will be carrying out investigations and present the findings using scientific vocabulary.

After Christmas we will begin our new topic 'Blue Abyss'. In first week ,children will read a range of non-fiction text and collect information about various sea creatures to help them write their own information text. In Maths we will continue to work on fractions and decimals.

Reminders:Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit. Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.As it's getting colder, please make sure your child has an appropriate winter clothing.Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

The last day in school for children is Tuesday 20th December. School finishes at the normal time.

Have a lovely Christmas and New Year!

Week beginning 12.12.16Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: We will just again be using the text Heidi to answer comprehension questions with main focus on character's feelings, prediction, meaning of unfamiliar words.

Literacy: This week the children will continue to work on their adventure stories set in mountain and add shock to their stories.

Maths: Focus for Maths this week will be the Fraction of shapes and quantity.

Project: In project we will be carrying out investigations using fair test.

Reminders:Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit. Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.As it's getting colder, please make sure your child has an appropriate winter clothing.Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Join us for our Christmas assembly on Thursday, the 15th of December.

4AA and 4JS- 9.00am

4KCand 4RS- 9.30am

Have a lovely week!

Week beginning 05.12.16Welcome to Year 4! We would like to thank all the parents who joined us on our Christmas making day to help it make a success. It definitely set the mood!

Reading: We will continue to read the class text 'Heidi' and will discuss text and answer questions to further develop the comprehension skills.

Literacy: This week the children will look at the structure of adventure stories and will write their own story about the magic pebble.

Maths: In Maths, we will work on mental maths skills and will begin looking at the Fraction of a shapes and quantity.

Project: In project we will learn aboutthe water cycle and will carry out scientific enquiries to test our predictions.

Reminders:Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.
Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.
Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.
Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.
Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.
As it's getting colder, please make sure your child has an appropriate winter clothing.
Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.
Have a lovely week!

Week beginning 28.11.16

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: This week in reading, we will focus on maintaining a positive attitude to reading by listening to and discussing the text 'Heidi'. Children will work on drawing inferences about characters' thoughts and motives by their actions and will participate in clear reasoned discussion by answering questions about what they have read and predict what might happen next.

Literacy: This week the children will continue to write their adventure stories. They will work on using powerful adjectives and expanded noun phrases to help them describe their character.

Maths: In Maths, the children will be given the opportunity to apply their understanding of measuring the area of rectilinear shapes to carry out open ended investigations.

Project: Project this week will be art and DT based. We will be working on improving their sketching and painting skills. They will have the opportunity to replicate one of the mountain images using pointillism technique.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Have a lovely week!

Week beginning 21.11.16

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: This week in reading, we will be doing comprehension activities to help children develop inference and deduction skills. Children will also continue to read the text called 'Heidi' during shared reading sessions.

Literacy: The writing focus this week will shift from non-fiction to fiction. We will be looking at the structure and content of an adventure story. Children will work on how to set the scene for their adventure story using fronted adverbials and figurative language.

Maths: In Maths we will be measuring the area of rectilinear shapes by counting the number of squares.

Project: In project children will design their own information booklet about the mountain sport that they have been researching last week. We will also make 3D clay models of the mountains.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Have a lovely week!

Week Beginning 14.11.16

Welcome to Year 4!

To celebrate National Anti-Bullying week , we will be focussing on the theme 'Power for Good' and will be doing various activities to encourage children to be the real ambassadors for preventing bullying in our school and our community.

Reading: Children will continue to read the text called 'Heidi'. The focus for this week class read will be on identifying grammar and punctuation in the text.

Literacy: In writing we will use our notes from our project based learning sessions from previous week to write a non- chronological report about the mountain sport of our choice.

Maths: We will continue to work on division. We will applying formal written method of short division to solve one and two steps word problems.

Project: The main focus for our project based learning this week will be on the formation of different types of mountains.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Get ready to dress up as your favourite superhero on Friday the 18th of November !

Have a lovely week

Week beginning 07.11.16

Welcome to Year 4!

To immerse children into our current topic 'Misty Mountain Sierra', we are off with an exciting trip to Bough Beech, where they will have enriching experience of raw water treatment and it's journey from the reservoir to the taps. 4JS/4AA will be going on the 7th November and 4RS/4KC will be going on the 8th November. We would like to thank parents who have volunteered to join us on the trips.

Reading: To further develop the love for reading, we will continue to read the text called 'Heidi', where we will look at developing the children's comprehension skills through discussing characters' feelings and actions, predicting what will happen next, and using images to describe what might be happening in the scene. Children will also have the opportunity to read aloud to the rest of the class.

Literacy: We are going to look at the examples of non-chronological reports with main focus on the language features of the genre.

Maths: We will be focussing on division. We will be using a formal written method of short division to solve the problems, which will lead on to answering word problems towards the end of the week.

Project: This week in project we will be researching different mountain sports like ski, hiking, mountaineering, mountain biking etc. Children will then use the information gathered from their research to help them write their own non-chronological report about one of the sports.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Have a lovely week!

Welcome to Year 4!

Our next topic is 'Misty Mountain Sierra'. To start the new half term off with an exciting trip, we have decided to take the children to Bough Beech to enrich their experience of learning about the water cycle. 4JS/4AA will be going on the 7th November and 4RS/4KC will be going on the 8th November. We would like to ask if there are any parents who would be able to join us on the trips. If you can, please speak to your child's class teacher when we return to school on Monday 31st October. We will need three extra adults per day. Thank you!

Reading: For our new topic we will be reading a text called 'Heidi', where we will look at developing the children's comprehension skills through discussing characters' feelings and actions, predicting what will happen next, and using images to describe what might be happening in the scene.

Literacy: We are going to be looking at poems that link with our new topic. We will start by identifying the features of poems and will then be writing our own to do with mountains.

Maths: We will be focussing on multiplication. We will be using a formal written method to solve multiplication problems, which will lead on to answering word problems towards the end of the week.

Project: During our first week, we are going to be researching different mountain ranges across Great Britain and then in different countries. We will also learn about how mountains are represented on maps.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Have a lovely week!

Week beginning 17.10.16

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: Our text is 'Demon Dentist'. We will be answering questions about the text and giving reasons for our answers, using evidence from the text.

Literacy: For our final week of the first part of the Autumn term, we are going to be looking at different sentence structures. We will be recognising how simple and compound sentences are formed, and will use a variety of punctuation and language to improve these sentences.

Maths: We will be focussing on mental multiplication and division. We will be learning ways of remembering our times tables and the division facts that relate to these.

Project: We have made our own digestive systems on aprons, so we are going to present them to the class this week and will discuss the function of each organ. Towards the end of the week, we will compare human digestive systems with animals' and identify the similarities and differences between them.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Week beginning 10.10.16

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: Our text is 'Demon Dentist'. We will be answering questions about the text and giving reasons for our answers, using evidence from the text.

Literacy: In our topic sessions we have been investigating the digestive system. We are going to be using this information to begin learning about how to write our own non-chronological report about the similarities and differences between our own digestive system and animals'.

Maths: We are going to be applying our knowledge of column addition and subtraction to solve word problems and investigations.

Project: We have been learning about the different parts of the digestive system. We are now going to focus on the digestive system of animals and how they compare to ours. We will then create our own displays to show what we have learnt.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Week beginning 3.10.16

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: Our text is 'Demon Dentist'. We will be answering questions about the text and giving reasons for our answers, using evidence from the text.

Literacy: We have been using our text 'Demon Dentist' to gather information about how the main character, Alfie, is feeling during different parts of the story. Now that we have finished the planning stage, we will use this to help us write a diary entry from the perspective of Alfie.

Maths: We have learnt about column addition and will now be moving on to column subtraction. Our week will start by solving simple subtraction problems with 4-digit numbers. We will then apply what we have learnt to solving word problems.

Project: We are going to be learning about the different parts of the digestive system. We will start by learning the names and functions of each part, which we will then use to create posters explaining this information.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes. Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their reading books on a Monday and Thursday.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time

Can clothes also be labelled with the child's name so that their belongings do not get mixed up with another child's.

Friday 7th October: We will be having a whole day of science! We are very lucky to have the Science Boffins coming into both schools to do a fun and interactive assembly and then we will be immersing ourselves in different science experiments.

Week beginning 23.9.16

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: Our text is 'Demon Dentist'. We will be answering questions about the text and be giving reasons for our answers, using evidence from the text.

Literacy: We are looking at the book the 'Demon Dentist' and will be writing diary entries from the perspective of the main character Alfie. By writing as this character, we will develop our understanding of his thoughts and feeling to the events that are occurring in the book.

Maths: We will be using what we have learnt from rounding last week to help us estimate. We will also be revisiting the column method to help us add 2-digit, 3-digit and 4-digit numbers. This will allow us to check whether our estimates are close to our answers.

Project: We are now going to find out about the process of digestion and how saliva supports the start of this. We will be conducting research and carrying out a practical experiment using crackers and water to represent the decomposition of food.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kit needs to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes (England is very unpredictable). Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will change their book once a week.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

Week beginning 19.9.16

Welcome to Year 4!

Reading: Our text is 'Demon Dentist'. We will be answering questions about the text and be giving reasons for our answers, using evidence from the text.

Literacy: Our character descriptions are going to be written this week. We have been developing our understanding of using descriptive language to represent a character through their appearance, personality and actions. When we have written our character descriptions, we are going to read these to the year 5 children to see if they can draw a picture of what they think our character looks like.

Maths: We will be continuing to look at place value (Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Units). At the beginning of the week we will learn how to add and subtract 1000 from any number. We will then move on to rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

Project: We have really enjoyed learning about teeth and how they decay through carrying out an investigation with egg shells and different liquids. We are now going to move on to finding out about the process of digestion and how saliva supports the start of this.

Reminders:

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, however we would like PE kits to be in school at all times. Please put an extra pair of socks into your child's PE kit in case the weather changes (The weather in England is very unpredictable). Children do not come into school in their PE kit.

Reading books - everybody will get the opportunity to change their book twice a week.

Please make sure your child has wellington boots in school for when we go down to the woodlands.

Please make sure your child has a water bottle in school every day.

Children may bring a piece of fruit or some vegetables to eat at break time.

The Federation of Earlswood Schools recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils. We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding responsibilities.